Is a alive and well in San Franciscos coal valley. But the thought of a new soda tax is falling flat with customers like chris miles. I dont know if the government taxing people any more than theyre already taxing us would really help the situation at all. Reporter sodas have changes a lot and so are the people drinking them. Twothirds of americans are now considered overweight or obese with one out of eight now saddled with type 2 diabetes. The approach is similar to the approach we took with tobacco taxes. Reporter scott wiener and three other San Francisco supervisors came up with the plan. A two cent tax for every one ounce of sugary drink. It would raise an estimated 31 million for fitness programs. Wiener says hes ready for a fight from the soda sellers. Never going to be able to go dollar for dollar with the beverage industry. They have unending resources but we can raise enough money to get our message out. Reporter the owner jowl yet priest says it leaves her with a sour taste
Francisco. South of daily city, almost to the city of san mateo. Getting some showers right now and its raining from petaluma south to nevada. Mill valley, across the bridge to richmond, and some showers now in vali hoe. Theres a significant amount of snowfall toward reno and truce and truckee. Rumbles of thunder north of sacramento. This is all needed rain fall because we just saw an upgrade of our drought severity. From extreme to exceptional. When it comes to government forecaster, it doesnt get worse than that. Thats what is going on in portions of santa clara county. Likely we are coming up next. Well talk about how much rain for tonight and theres another rain chance to talk about. Well talk about the timing on that coming up, too. Theres muchneeded snow tonight, but we have a long way to go to get where we should be for this time of year. Andrea is live tonight. Anymore snow flakes falling tonight, andrea . I dont know if you can see, we are getting the lightest of flurries, we
Multiple injuries that are consistent with being run over by a motor vehicle. Those injuries she received, she was alive at the time. In this new report, the city says wait a minute. If she were alive, then how come the coroner found no foam in the trachea or lung tissues of the deceased . If she were alive, the city argues, she would have breathed in one or more of those items. The city knows she was ejected from the plane just like two other passengers who were right next to her, both of whom died. So the San Mateo County coroners decision was faulty. The Attorney Says the city is likely building its defense against the wrongful death lawsuit already filed by the girls family. The girl was already dead. And therefore, that as tragic as it was that her body was mutilated, the fire engines did not cause her death and therefore, she has no claim against the city and county of San Francisco. So, who is correct about how she died . This is the sort of question that could get answered by a
Seahawks fan, nicole hill and her friend sarah passed through sfo. Nicole said someone snatched her wallet out of her luggage. I had a wonderful new yorker who drove me from the airport to the hotel last night. It just so happened that nfl commissioner was watching cbs 2 news in new york tonight. Within an hour of appearing on air, nfl officials made a special call. Would i like to go to the super bowl in yes. We flew here. Are you serious . Oh my god. You guys are so awesome. And it was a bittersweet moment for sarah. That was a woman in a white baseball cap. Her father used to be a trainer for the seahawks in the early 90s and both of her parents were killed by a drunk driver four years ago. Now i spoke to the airport duty manager tonight at sfo. He wasnt aware of the theft, but was happy to hear about the wonderful ending. Live at sfo, betty, kpix5. Just two days before the super bowl. Fbi is investigating suspicious white powder sent to several hotels near metlife stadium. The join
San mato coast line. Great news in the sierra where the snow pack is so low, so below normal this, is the best news, 2 feet or know of new snowfall between now and friday morning above 8,000 feet in elevation. 4 to 6 inches of snow at lake tahoe where theyve seen nothing in the month. Timing things out, ive stopped the clock at 3 00 in the morning, moderate, even heavy rainfall at times, along the 6 0 corridor. We all get rain tonight and tomorrow. The rain will spread over the bay area tonight. This will be the first soggy Community Since december. Well talk about how much rain in your town and how long it will stick around in ten minutes. Concerns over californias drought have reached the white house. The governor said the president gave him a call. He called today, offered to do whatever he can do. Obviously cant make it rain, but there are some parts ever california that are more privileged from the point of view of water availability than others. So we have systems we can transfer